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Local use of flexibilities for an increasing share of
renewables on the distribution grid

Local use of flexibilities for an increasing share of
renewables on the distribution grid

Local use of flexibilities for an increasing share of
renewables on the distribution grid

6 TECHNICAL FOCUS AREAS

InterFlex is demonstrating islanding capabilities while assessing the potential business models of real microgrids that are based on on-site generation from 100% renewable sources such as PV or Wind.

We are experimenting ways to seamlessly swith from the grid mode. Such islanding will improve the security of supply for the customer and enable the use of renewable energies via automated control of residential assets and larger storage devices.

Grid automation

PROJECT DEMONSTRATORS

20 industrial partners (utilities, manufacturers and research centers) from 6 different European countries are engaged within this 23 M€ project in order to deploy smart grid technologies at an industrial scale, in the context of high renewable energy penetration.

With Enedis as the global coordinator and ČEZ Distribuce as the technical director, InterFlex relies on a set of innovative use cases.

6 industry-scale demonstrators are being set up in the participating European countries.

A second Swedish demonstrator of E.ON, located in the Skåne region (Southern Sweden), is exploring means to island a portion of the distribution grid, supported by the client through a “peer to peer” approach, while assessing the benefits of advances control of Local Energy Systems for the DSO.

Partners:

A first Swedish demonstrator of E.ON, located in Malmö investigates the energy carrier integration using heat inertia of buildings as a flexibility measure in order to attain a more optimized and environmental friendly production in a distributed energy system.

Partners:

The demonstrator in Eindhoven with Enexis proposes a multi-service approach to unleash all available local flexibilities such as stationary storage and electric vehicle batteries, by using interactions between the distribution system operators, balance responsible parties and the charge point operators for electric vehicles.To achieve these goals a model is designed to describe the systems and mechanisms on operational, enterprise and market levels, which enable the provision –

The German demonstrator of Avacon, located in a rural area between Helmstedt and Salzgitter (central Germany) manages a centralized platform of flexibilities and distributed energy resources to use energy where it is generated in order to relieve the distribution grid.
AVACON is developing a new technology – the “Smart Grid Hub” –which makes the communication and coordination tasks feasible, but also makes possible to optimize interactions between the various involved players. The Smart Grid Hub is a technology that is supposed to work with any smart meter infrastructure, provided that it complies with EU-recommendations. It therefore accelerates the automation of network operations while being adaptable to any flexibility situation.

The Czech demonstration will be located in several areas in Czech Republic where ČEZ Distribuce operates distribution networks. The demonstration is not concentrated to one region in order to prove replicability and interoperability of designed solutions.The Czech demonstrator led by ČEZ Distribuce uses grid automation and energy storage to integrate decentralized renewable energy within the distribution grid and smart functions of charging stations for electric vehicles as a source of flexibility, in different areas of the country.

Partners:

The French demonstrator Demo1 is located in and around the city of Nice, a metropolis that is already
heavily involved in the “smart city” innovation. Nice is ranked 4th “Smart City” on a global scale by the
international firm Juniper Research.
Enedis will investigates flexibilities to support the grid, storage systems and islanding operation.Partners: